Untitled

Collections
1635355
Title
Untitled
Year/Period
2022–2023
Region
Asia
Technique
Dimension
Inflatable sculpture 650.0 x 480.0 x 518.0 cm
Accession No.
2025-00157
Credit Line
INSTALLATION VIEW, UNTITLED BY SHILPA GUPTA, NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE, 2023.

In Untitled, two bodies are seen interlocked in a combative position. However, upon going around the work, one realizes that they are in fact perched on a single head. The two bodies can be read from the perspective of geopolitical conflicts and social struggles or the dualities that we experience within our own selves in everyday life. Constructed as a large-scale inflatable on an elevated site, Untitled responds to a space surrounded by the visual and historical density of a large metropolis, echoing the manufactured and dissonant realities of global cities. The multiplicity of meanings, the inversion of the figures, and the malleability of the material used for the inflatable all subvert the conventions associated with the grandeur of traditional monumental figurative sculpture.By using an inflatable medium, the work invites visitors to approach it in a more playful and exploratory manner. This non-traditional approach to art-making opens up new possibilities for engagement and interaction with diverse communities, creating opportunities for unexpected and meaningful encounters.Untitled was the sixth installation featured in the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission under National Gallery Singapore.